Today’s News. Stopped segregating Syria. You remember Syria, right?
Still hoping that gmail will return to their old, user-friendly compose window.
The new one still sucks. I would not recommend switching to Gmail until and
unless they do. ~Bob
Chicago:
the murder capital of America: Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper,
hang-out of Al Capone and home to Barack Obama, has claimed a new and unwanted
title as America’s
murder capital.
Excerpt: The city registered more murders than any other US community in 2012, surpassing New York for the first
time, despite having a population only a third of the size.
There were 500 murders in Chicago last year, up from 431 in 2011,
according to crime statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Over the same 12 months, murders in New
York fell from 515 to 419. (Don’t worry, Chicago. A judge—who
lives in a nice safe neighborhood, just outlawed “Stop and Frisk,” so New York will catch back
up. ~Bob.)
House Republicans
plan Friday vote on defunding Obamacare
Excerpt: With the deadline for a government shutdown growing
near, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) had a familiar choice to make:
embrace something that looked like a compromise with Democrats, antagonizing
conservatives in his party, or give in to their demands and guarantee a
showdown with President Obama and Senate Democrats. (There really is no
compromise. Either the Republicans give in and let Obamacare go forward, or the
Democrats give in and let it be killed. A majority of the public wants it
killed, but the media will convince them that the evil Republicans are
responsible for a government shutdown, though both sides are equally responsible,
because either side can keep it open by giving in. I predict the Republicans
will give in. Resisting the White House, Senate and the Media is too much to
expect. ~Bob.)
5 reasons why a government shutdown is (likely) coming. By Chris Cillizza
Excerpt: House Republicans’ decision to double down on their demand
that any measure to keep the government open must be linked with the defunding
of President Obama’s health care law makes a shutdown at the
end of this month increasingly likely.
What Do You Mean,
We're Flying into a Budget Dogfight with No Parachute? By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
Excerpt: I don't oppose the Ted Cruz-Mike Lee plan for
brinksmanship on stopping Obamacare . . . I just wish there was a clear backup
plan in case it doesn't work. When you raise that question, you often hear a
response of, "if we don't fight now, when will we fight?" That's a
valid but separate argument. That's an argument for trying it; my
question is aboutwhat the GOP should do if it doesn't work. And if you
don't think there's at least a chance that the public recoils from a government
shutdown and overwhelmingly blames the Republicans for this . . . well then,
you're willfully blind. This isn't something that is guaranteed to work as long
as we believe in it enough. This isn't Tinkerbell.
Walker: Study says health law will raise premiums
in Wisconsin exchanges 82 percent
Excerpt: The new health care law faces tough sledding in
many states controlled by Republicans. Wisconsin
is a good example, There, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has opposed opening a
state-run online site called an exchange where individuals and families can shop
for health insurance. Walker left that to Washington to operate.
Security forces storm
pro-Mursi town near Cairo
to reassert control
Excerpt: Security forces and militants fought gun battles on
Thursday during a government operation to wrest back control of a town near Cairo dominated by
Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi.
Rebel-on-Rebel
Violence Seizes Syria
Excerpt: An al Qaeda spinoff operating near Aleppo, Syria's
largest city, last week began a new battle campaign it dubbed "Expunging
Filth." The target wasn't their avowed enemy, the Syrian government.
Instead, it was their nominal ally, the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army. (As I’ve
said before, if/when Assad is toppled, Syria will still have a civil war
for yours as our moderate allies fight each other for power. ~Bob.)
Now Syria's rebels are fighting each
other. By Con Coughlin
Excerpt: I would strongly recommend that William
Hague – and any other member of the [British] Government who still
believes it is a good idea to arm the Syrian rebels – takes a close look
at today's article in the Wall Street Journal. It reports that Islamist militants
linked to al-Qaeda have now launched a campaign dubbed "expunging
filth" which is aimed destroying the Syrian Free Army (SFA), its main
rival in the rebel movement. Mr Hague and Laurent Fabius, his French
counterpart, argue that it is essential to continue arming the rebels to
increase the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the civil war,
destroy his chemical weapons arsenal and enter peace talks
Important: Face to face with the new enemy in Syria
Excerpt: “ISIS,” murmured our
interpreter, alias “Hamza”, confirming that we had just driven into a
checkpoint controlled by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria. The very word seemed to suck
the oxygen out of the vehicle. Infamous for abduction and torture of their
enemies, hatred of Westerners and a radical interpretation of Sharia, they hold
the fate of two dozen forlorn foreign hostages inside Syria. (Obama,
Cameron, Hollande, and others want to supply even more arms to these
West-hating, Christian-killing
terrorists. BTW, this is the prize we were awarded in Iraq when we
'won' the Iraqi war. It is reassuring that, throughout the West, the
political class, along with the chattering class ('journalists'--with the
exception of those who have been to the ME), is now practically isolated
and unable to drum up popular support for another ill-starred military
adventure. --Don Hank)
Good Article: Hatred of
Jews. By Ali Salim
Excerpt: No matter how hard or how often we Muslims try, we
are never able finally to end the connection our lives seem to have with the
lives of the Jews. Watching Arab and Islamic television, especially during the
holy month of Ramadan, brings the viewer to the inescapable conclusion that we
have no real lives of our own, no unity and no value: our only motivation is
having the Jews as a common enemy, with our lives dependent on them. We treat
the Jews the way the rabid Christian
anti-Semites treated them in the Middle Ages, blaming them for every illness,
tragedy and misfortune. We blame them for the failures of Islam while only we
are at fault for the catastrophes that befall us.
Fed Stays the Course
on Easy Money
Google the title if you hit a
pay wall. ~Bob. Excerpt: Seeing a more uneven economic climate than they
expected and the potential for fiscal discord in Washington, Federal Reserve
officials got cold feet Wednesday and decided to keep their signature
easy-money program in place for the time being. The move, coming after Fed
officials spent months alerting the public that they might begin to pare their
$85 billion-a-month bond-buying program at the September policy meeting, marks
the latest in a string of striking turnabouts from Washington policy makers
that have whipsawed markets in recent days.
Real Climate Science the IPCC Doesn’t Want You to See. By Paul
Driessen
Excerpt: Earth’s average atmospheric temperatures haven’t
increased in almost 17 years. It’s been eight years since a Category 3
hurricane hit the United
States. Tornado frequency is at a
multi-decade low ebb. Droughts are shorter and less extreme than during the
Dust Bowl and 1950s. Sea ice is back to normal, after one of the coldest Arctic
summers in decades. And sea levels continue to rise at a meager 4-8 inches per
century.
Obama climate change
plan gets first airing in front of House skeptics: EPA asserted authority to
move forward without new laws from Congress at hearing where contrarian views
were on display
Excerpt: The Obama administration asserted its authority
to move forward on its climate
change action plan on Wednesday– with or without new laws
from Congress. In the first airing of Obama's climate plan, a hearing of the
House of Representatives was told the Environmental Protection Agency and other
government agencies were already authorised to bring in new measures to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Trucker group plans
to shut down D.C. for 3 days… and Glenn supports them?
Excerpt: A group of truckers is reportedly planning to shut down Washington, D.C. for
three days straight beginning onOctober 11 to protest “corruption against
the Constitution.” A Facebook page for “Truckers To Shut Down America” has gained more
than 16,000 likes, though it remains unclear how many truckers actually plan to
take part in the event.
Impeachable:
President Obama waives law that forbids U.S. from providing ‘aid and
comfort’ to the enemy
“Today I come to you with the news that our President
actually waived the restriction on countries supplying arms to international
terrorists, specifically Al‑Qaeda. And the reason why he waived that is because
we’re providing arms to international terrorists, specifically Al‑Qaeda,” Glenn
said. “Now, if that isn’t an act of treason, I don’t know what is.” (Hey, dude,
he’s got more flexibility. –Barb. Seeing how it saved Clinton, Obama must pray every night that the
GOP launches an impeachment effort. ~Bob.)
Obama’s Move to Arm
Al Qaeda in Syria
Excerpt: Though the AECA was designed to prevent arming
terrorists, Obama announced that he had the authority to “waive the
prohibitions in sections 40 and 40(a) of the AECA related to such a
transaction.” Section 40, “Transactions With Countries Supporting Acts of
International Terrorism,” and Section 40(a), “Prohibited Transactions by the
United States Government,” ban sending munitions to any nation described in
Section 40 (d), “Countries Covered by Prohibition:” (Per article: Section
40(g), “Waiver,” grants the president the power to waive these
provisions if he determines “the transaction is essential to the national
security interest of the United States.” –Barb)
The Muslim
Brotherhood & its growing ties to the U.S. government
Excerpt: Frank Gaffney, founder and president of the Center
for Security Policy, joined Glenn on tonight’s Glenn Beck Program to
elaborate on the Muslim Brotherhood and its growing power and influence in
the U.S. government.
We have already witnessed the Obama Administration throw its support behind the
organization in Egypt,
and now there are a growing number of people with close ties to the Muslim
Brotherhood in our government.
Empire State Building to
Go Up for Sale
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/empire-state-building-sale/2013/09/18/id/526471?promo_code=EB8D-1&utm_source=National_Review&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2fKdZDhov
Excerpt: A true American icon — New York's Empire State Building — is set to go up for sale.
The owners of the famous Fifth Avenue skyscraper plan to launch a "roadshow" this week to seek buyers for the 102-story landmark. The building and 18 others owned by Malkin Holdings will be sold through one of the largest real-estate initial public offerings in history, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Bet a Saudi Prince buys it with our oil money. Drill now, drill here! ~Bob.)
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/empire-state-building-sale/2013/09/18/id/526471?promo_code=EB8D-1&utm_source=National_Review&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2fKdZDhov
Excerpt: A true American icon — New York's Empire State Building — is set to go up for sale.
The owners of the famous Fifth Avenue skyscraper plan to launch a "roadshow" this week to seek buyers for the 102-story landmark. The building and 18 others owned by Malkin Holdings will be sold through one of the largest real-estate initial public offerings in history, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Bet a Saudi Prince buys it with our oil money. Drill now, drill here! ~Bob.)
Beaten for Being Gay in a Black Neighborhood. By Colin Flaherty
Excerpt: Sometimes you see can see the antipathy in hip hop
videos. Other times at the ballot box. Still other times black hostility
towards gay people is expressed in the dozens and dozens of hyper-violent
episodes of black mob violence against gay people. Some on video. (Probably for
Trayvon, you know. That excuses and violent assault. ~Bob.)
Snowden Nominated For
European Human Rights Prize
Excerpt: In a special announcement Tuesday night
by the European Union parliament, it was revealed that Edward Snowden has been
nominated for 2013's Saharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which is offered
annually to individuals who have aided in the promotion of freedom of thought
in the world. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, considered
Europe’s top human rights award, has been bestowed upon luminaries such as
former South African President Nelson Mandela, and Myanmar opposition
leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (Nice gesture, but too late for USA, now Animal
Farm. –Barb)
Obama to attend
memorial service for victims of Navy Yard shooting
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/323021-obama-to-attend-memorial-service-for-victims-of-navy-yard-shooting#ixzz2fKZLvRnZ
Carney said Obama "will want to mourn the loss of these innocent victims" and "share in the nation's pain" of the shootings. On Monday, 12 people died when a lone gunman opened fire. It is unclear when the memorial will be held. (Never let a good crisis go to waste. Pelosi on the Biden band wagon screaming action against 2ndamendment. Bodies aren’t even cold or autopsied….and POTUS was sooooo concerned about these poor souls that he ranted against GOP in the middle of the crisis, obliquely mentioned “we’re having another mass shooting” as if predicting the weather, and as Capitol SWAT Team ordered to stand down and let more fish in the barrel get shot for best effect….Now he wants a photo op. Feel sorry for the families….and what is left of US. Forward! Change! –Barb. He went to the memorial service for the Fort Hood victims. Think he’d get even more criticism for not going. ~Bob.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/323021-obama-to-attend-memorial-service-for-victims-of-navy-yard-shooting#ixzz2fKZLvRnZ
Carney said Obama "will want to mourn the loss of these innocent victims" and "share in the nation's pain" of the shootings. On Monday, 12 people died when a lone gunman opened fire. It is unclear when the memorial will be held. (Never let a good crisis go to waste. Pelosi on the Biden band wagon screaming action against 2ndamendment. Bodies aren’t even cold or autopsied….and POTUS was sooooo concerned about these poor souls that he ranted against GOP in the middle of the crisis, obliquely mentioned “we’re having another mass shooting” as if predicting the weather, and as Capitol SWAT Team ordered to stand down and let more fish in the barrel get shot for best effect….Now he wants a photo op. Feel sorry for the families….and what is left of US. Forward! Change! –Barb. He went to the memorial service for the Fort Hood victims. Think he’d get even more criticism for not going. ~Bob.)
Zuckerberg: Trust in
Facebook, Google 'went down' after NSA spying news
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/323185-zuckerberg-trust-in-facebook-other-internet-firms-went-down-after-nsa-spying-news#ixzz2fKXeguow
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/323185-zuckerberg-trust-in-facebook-other-internet-firms-went-down-after-nsa-spying-news#ixzz2fKXeguow
Excerpt: Communication and transparency are key to restoring
user trust in Facebook and the government following a summer of
revelations about government surveillance, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg
saidWednesday. Zuckerberg was critical of the U.S. government’s response to
the National Security Agency surveillance revelations, which included saying
that the surveillance programs only targeted non-U.S. persons. “Gee thanks,
we’re trying to provide an international service” at Facebook, Zuckerberg
said at an event hosted by The Atlantic. (The billionaire’s
credibility, company and stock went down? After the movie and speaking at the
Bilderberg meeting? Where’s the world’s tiniest violin? The lemmings/sheeple
are somewhat smarter but toooooo late. –Barb)
Elite tactical team
responsible for defending DC Capitol complex were reportedly ordered to leave
the scene
Excerpt: According to a BBC report, one of the most
heavily armed police teams, assigned with the task of protecting the Capitol
complex and responsible for responding to threats of terrorism, was ordered to
stand down in response to Monday’s shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command
Headquarters building in D.C. The Containment and Emergency Response Team
(CERT), is highly trained and equipped with the best gear on the market.
The team consists of four men and is responsible for safeguarding the Capitol
complex. (False flag to push anti-2nd amendment agenda? Benghazi—Stand down. Why? 9/11/01 F-15s stand
down/stalled. Why? So there’d be a 2nd Pearl Harbor for
that emotional effect to sanction NSA on steroids. –Barb)
Navy Yard: Swat team
Ordered to Stand Down as Shooting Started
http://conservativebyte.com/2013/09/navy-yard-swat-team-ordered-stand-shooting-started/
http://conservativebyte.com/2013/09/navy-yard-swat-team-ordered-stand-shooting-started/
Excerpt: Sounds like Benghazi
all over. We’ll never find out who gave this order or why(Could it be that
someone thought he might be a Muslim? --JB).
Obama’s Syrian
Failure Begins To Bear Fruit
Excerpt: The policy Obama seems to have gotten right in Syria is that the United States is a strategic
irrelevance whose words aren’t worth a whole lot.
Back in the good old days under Chairman Mao the technical term was “paper tiger.”
Arab Spring: Tunisian
Edition
Excerpt: Has it really been only two years since the Arab Spring? It seems like
only yesterday that the White House was patting itself on the back over the
successful use of “soft power” to transform the Arab world: something that the
evil Bush and his neo-con banditti would never have contemplated. Now the
project lies in ruins.
Quote
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. -- Otto
Von Bismarck
Afzal Guru’s book
eulogises suicide bombers, says ‘jihad’ only solution
Excerpt: A new book, ‘Shaheed Afzal Guru- His Last Message’,
which is a compilation of letters written by Guru before the hanging, eulogises
suicide bombers and calls ‘jihad’ the only solution to “liberate Kashmir from
shackles of India”.
Tom DeLay’s money laundering
conviction overturned
Excerpt: A Texas
appeals court has overturned the money laundering conviction of former U.S.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. (People on both sides of the political
divide will greet this with joy or loathing. As with the Trayvon Martin case. I
was not privy to the evidence, have to accept what the justice system decided. And,
like it, the whole thing is sad, regardless. ~Bob)
7 Examples of Discrimination Against Christians
in America.
By John Hawkins
Excerpt: The majority of Americans are Christians, but we're not treated with respect by
the culture, the schools, or by our politicians. "Vengeance" may be
the Lord's to dish out, but that doesn't mean Christians
have to support the people who are attacking us or meekly stand by when other
followers of Christ are denigrated
and oppressed for their faith. (I'd already seen most of these examples, but
it's a good idea to put things together and call on Christians
to stand up for their rights. Aside from the examples, what I notice is the
pervasive but subtle tendency to dismiss religious people as all being somehow
backward, or being somewhat extremist. While there are a very few
extremists among the Christian faiths,
there are far more extremists among the Muslim population (check out The Nation
of Islam for a great example), but it's not PC to talk about them at all. And I
am not bringing that up as an opportunity to bash Muslims, the majority of whom
are not extremist and are trying to live amongst us quietly while enjoying life
in the US
as we all do. This insidious attitude about Christians
being out of the mainstream somehow, to be treated with condescension, is as
much a problem as the out and out discrimination we also see. Of course, in a
sense Christians are called to be
out of the mainstream, as defined by the media and others. We are called
to be in the world, but not of the world. That doesn't make us any less valid
citizens. It's time for Christians
to stop turning the other cheek for the media and others, and stand up boldly
when attempts are made to discriminate against us or marginalize us. --Del)
Why The Left Doesn’t
Care That Mental Illness Is The Key Factor In Mass Shootings
http://lastresistance.com/3221/left-doesnt-care-mental-illness-key-factor-mass-shootings/
http://lastresistance.com/3221/left-doesnt-care-mental-illness-key-factor-mass-shootings/
Excerpt: The Left always prattles on about gun control, as
if that is the beginning and the end on violence. If guns were only restricted,
we would be a violence-free society—just like before guns were invented. Laws
equal less violence. However, the only gun control law that does anything to
protect people is mental illness screening. That’s it. It's always the
deranged that commit these mass-murders. Yet in spite of their mental
deficiencies, they are allowed to purchase guns.
Wiesenthal Center Blasts Amnesty International’s Selection
of Roger Waters to Present NGO’s Top Human Rights Award
Excerpt: “Once again, Amnesty International is signaling
that its fight for human rights apparently does not extend to anti-Semitism,”
charged Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center.
Government Says
Health Spending To Jump Next Year
Excerpt: The nation's health care spending will jump by 6.1
percent next year as the big coverage expansion in President Barack Obama's
overhaul kicks in, government experts predicted Wednesday. That's more than 2
percentage points higher than the growth rate forecast for this year, and
compares with a growth rate that has hovered under 4 percent, historically low,
for the past four years.
Navy Shipyard Shooter
'Not Happy with America'
http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/shipyard-shooter-not-happy/2013/09/18/id/526409?promo_code=13074-1&utm_source=13074The_hill&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2fHL46r28
Excerpt: The man who police say shot and killed 12 people in a Washington Naval shipyard was so unhappy with his life in America — where he was beset by money woes and felt slighted as a veteran — that he was "ready to move out of the country" last year, NBC News reports. Aaron Alexis had repeated incidents of apparent mental illness and reportedly called police to complain about people following him and to say that he was hearing voices. …But a close friend also told NBC that Alexis “was tired of dealing with the government.” (Forward! Change! Welcome to Omerica. –Barb)
Excerpt: The man who police say shot and killed 12 people in a Washington Naval shipyard was so unhappy with his life in America — where he was beset by money woes and felt slighted as a veteran — that he was "ready to move out of the country" last year, NBC News reports. Aaron Alexis had repeated incidents of apparent mental illness and reportedly called police to complain about people following him and to say that he was hearing voices. …But a close friend also told NBC that Alexis “was tired of dealing with the government.” (Forward! Change! Welcome to Omerica. –Barb)
SEC proposes rules on
CEO pay
Excerpt: The Securities and Exchange Commission moved
forward with regulations Wednesday that would require companies to
disclose the gap in pay between their chief executives and average employees. The
commission voted 3-2 to propose a rule requiring that companies calculate how
much their leaders earn per year and then compare that to the median, or
middle, employee. But unions and liberals have pushed for the proposal as
a way to shame companies and help workers negotiate their salaries.
A single county in
the U.S.
spends more than $2 billion a year on benefits for illegal aliens
Excerpt: But I'm sure the taxpayers of Los Angeles County don't mind. After all, they most certainly don't
need the money themselves. A projected $650 million in welfare benefits will be
distributed to illegal alien parents in 2013, county officials said Monday.
The Obamanization of
your neighborhood… turning your community into the south side of Chicago
Excerpt: If you are one of those homeowners or renters who
has chosen to live in a good neighborhood, worked hard to move to a community
with (relatively) good schools, if you’ve decided to move to a community where
trees and green lawns are common, the Obama administration is coming after you.
If you and your family struggled to leave behind the crime, deprivation and
crumbling schools of the city for the relatively tranquil suburbs, don’t get
too comfortable, the Obama administration is planning
on sending you back to the future. The Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the people who inflicted the squalor and tragedy of public housing on
citizens and communities for five decades, have decided that they are now not
only qualified, but also have the power, to decide what your
neighborhood and community should look like.
Know Your Military Colonists. By Daniel
Greenfield
Excerpt: Mexico's
military colonists are not military. Often they aren't even Mexican. But they
have managed to take back California
without firing a shot. Unless you count the occasional drive by shooting.
Planet good for another
1.75 billion years, scientists say
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/09/19/how-much-longer-can-earth-support-life/#ixzz2fMayXh28
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/09/19/how-much-longer-can-earth-support-life/#ixzz2fMayXh28
Excerpt: Earth could continue to host life for at least another 1.75
billion years, as long as nuclear holocaust, an errant asteroid or some other
disaster doesn't intervene, a new study calculates. But even without such
dramatic doomsday scenarios![]()
, astronomical forces will eventually render
the planet uninhabitable. Somewhere between 1.75 billion and 3.25 billion years
from now, Earth will travel out of the solar system's habitable zone and into
the "hot zone," new research indicates. (scared the hell out of me. I
thought at first it said 1.75 million…~Bob)
Doctor shortage
expected to worsen with Obamacare
Excerpt: Something’s got to give, and it seems a
virtual certainty there will be longer wait times for patients, especially
new ones. “Most New Mexicans will likely feel the pinch of an inadequate
healthcare workforce,” the LFC report said. How long people will wait is hard
to tell, but when Massachusetts reformed its health care system in
2006 average wait times for primary care and specialty care appointments
exceeded 40 days, the report said.
On Occupy
Anniversary, Unions Rally to Tax
Wall Street
Pass the Robin Hood tax? I thought Robin fought tax
collectors? ~Bob
New York Times
Editors, Columnists Met With Obama During Syria Push
His strategy advisors. ~Bob
Excerpt: A Change.org petition has
been started by the University of Massachusetts Amherst rugby team in order to convince
USA Rugby to allow for military-related exceptions to its age eligibility
rules.Ryan Martin is a senior at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst and a veteran
of the Marines who served two tours in Afghanistan.
Lawmakers clash
over Benghazi 'whitewash'
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/terrorism/323383-lawmakers-clash-over-benghazi-white-wash#ixzz2fMjjXQq3
Excerpt: Republicans expressed particular outrage at the State Department's decision not to fire anyone after the terror attack on the U.S. annex in Benghazi, Libya, left four Americans dead on the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Pickering said no one was found to have breached his or her duty and said the audit was not a “gotcha” effort. Indeed, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) quipped, “nobody was gotcha'd.” (Don’t you love the slant? Only GOP griping because no one held responsible. The perpetrators “don’t know nuthin’ ‘bout birthin’ no babies…” Why transferred laterally and still working for Regime? Job well done, coverup/stonewall intact. Throw out a few more crises to distract the news for a cycle or two and the folks will all believe it was phony, even though it has been over 1 year with no satisfaction for families. Of course, there is the clever racial mental nudge of labeling a “whitewash.” –Barb)
Excerpt: Republicans expressed particular outrage at the State Department's decision not to fire anyone after the terror attack on the U.S. annex in Benghazi, Libya, left four Americans dead on the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Pickering said no one was found to have breached his or her duty and said the audit was not a “gotcha” effort. Indeed, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) quipped, “nobody was gotcha'd.” (Don’t you love the slant? Only GOP griping because no one held responsible. The perpetrators “don’t know nuthin’ ‘bout birthin’ no babies…” Why transferred laterally and still working for Regime? Job well done, coverup/stonewall intact. Throw out a few more crises to distract the news for a cycle or two and the folks will all believe it was phony, even though it has been over 1 year with no satisfaction for families. Of course, there is the clever racial mental nudge of labeling a “whitewash.” –Barb)
Tweet from David Higgins @dhiggins63
Liberals keep reminding us how Obamacare is "Law Of The
Land". Well so are Immigration Laws that Obama rarely OBSERVES, but often
SUBVERTS! (Black conservative on Twitter.)
The Decline of
College. By Victor Davis Hanson
Excerpt: Yet most elsewhere, something went terribly wrong
with that model. Almost all the old campus protocols are now tragically
outdated or antithetical to their original mission.
Armed Russian guards
'storm' Arctic ship: Greenpeace
Excerpt: The environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday
that it had lost contact with its ship protesting oil exploration in the Arctic after armed Russian officers stormed it and held
the crew at gunpoint. Greenpeace said it believes its Dutch-flagged ship Arctic
Sunrise was in international waters when the raid began. (Russia better
watch out. Obama will likely draw a red line over this. Or maybe a green one.
~Bob)
Satire: I Came, I Saw, I
Skedaddled: Decisive moments in Barack Obama history. By P. J. O’rourke
Excerpt: Chief Executive of Sparta, Barack Leonidas
Obama, at the Battle of Thermopylae: Stand down, men. The chairman of the
Greek City States Alliance Joint Chiefs of Staff has indicated to me that our
capacity to execute this mission against Xerxes is not time-sensitive.
A Picture Is Worth A
Thousand Blog Posts
Excerpt: A member of a mosque in France kicks a topless feminist
protester standing against Islamic misogyny.
Obama donor gained
nearly $1 billion in tax credits in Solyndra bankruptcy
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/19/obama-donor-gained-nearly-1-billion-in-tax-credits-in-solyndra-bankruptcy/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/19/obama-donor-gained-nearly-1-billion-in-tax-credits-in-solyndra-bankruptcy/
Excerpt: Most people who follow the news are aware that
President Obama invested $527 million in Solyndra, the now-bankrupt
California-based solar panel manufacturing company. What is much less
well-known is that the federal government was legally required to cut its
losses of tax dollars just months into the project, and that only an illegal
loan modification made to benefit an Obama fundraiser led to taxpayers losing
more than $500 million.
Subpoenas will hit State Department over Benghazi as House Oversight committee gets
serious: Will Hillary Clinton be on the list?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425592/Subpoenas-hit-State-Department-Benghazi-House-Oversight-committee-gets-serious.html#ixzz2fMqqbdrk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425592/Subpoenas-hit-State-Department-Benghazi-House-Oversight-committee-gets-serious.html#ixzz2fMqqbdrk
Excerpt: Then-Secretary Clinton herself, it emerged Thursday, was
never interviewed to learn if she played a part in approving the lax diplomatic
security that likely cost four Americans their lives. … Many of the ARB's interviews with
State Department employees were conducted without making transcripts afterward,
former Ambassador Thomas Pickering – the report's other co-author – conceded Thursday. And
no witnesses were required to swear oaths to tell the truth. (”Accountability
Review Board” really an oxymoron. They have more flexibility now. The
“election” is history. –Barb)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/323395-obama-enlists-clinton-for-tag-team-event-touting-healthcare-law#ixzz2fMmrOxi6
Excerpt: President Obama will join former President Bill Clinton in New York next Tuesday for an event to tout the president's healthcare law. White House press secretary Jay Carney billed the conversation as "part up a ramped up education effort" ahead of the launch of the state-based insurance markets where uninsured Americans will be able to purchase coverage…. In that speech, Clinton — once described by Obama as the "secretary of explaining stuff” — called on Republicans to aid in implementation rather than attempt to undermine the law. (Dialectial linguistics. “Education effort” = “propaganda nudge” for hire. –Barb)
Syria: As the World Backs Off, the Jihadists
Attack
Excerpt: The most intense fighting has taken place in the
Idlib area and the greater Aleppo
area. In the north-west, the military focused on clearing jihadist strongholds,
cells and networks in the al-Arbaeen mountain area and surrounding villages in
the Idlib region.
Things not to post on
Facebook
Crazier Than Liberals. By
Ann Coulter
Excerpt: There's been another mass shooting by a crazy
person, and liberals still refuse to consider institutionalizing the dangerous
mentally ill. (Who is more crazy? The mentally disturbed, or the people who
insist and letting them roam the streets and even buy guns? Ann makes some
excellent points here. –Del)
Oz has had enough of
Climate Creeps: Australia
shows us all the way by sacking its useless, pointless Climate Commissioner Tim
Flannery. By James Delingpole
Excerpt: This time last week he was Australia's
Climate Commissioner, on an A$180,000 a year salary which required him to work
just three days a week. But incoming premier Tony Abbott's night of the green
knives has put paid to that. Flannery's Mickey Mouse
job has gone; so too has Australia's Climate Commission, a multi-million dollar, allegedly
"independent", propaganda outlet set up by Julia
Gillard to help give her climate alarmist policies – such as the hated carbon
tax, which Abbott is also abolishing – a veneer of scientific credibility.
Cleveland Clinic announces job cuts to prepare for
Obamacare
Excerpt: The world-renowned Cleveland Clinic said on
Wednesday it would cut jobs and slash five to six
percent of its $6 billion annual budget to prepare for President Barack Obama's health reforms.
Tweet from Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer
Serious tip: Be as careful & nuanced when reporting
firearms models as you are on reporting Bradley Manning's gender preference.
The Long Stall: Obama Administration Backs Down On
First Syria
Deadline
Excerpt: This weekend, Syria is expected to submit a full
inventory of its chemical weapons and the facilities that produce them.
According to the Times, though, Syria is likely to miss that
deadline and the State Department has already "signaled that it would not
insist that Syrian President Bashar Assad produce the list Saturday[.]"
Weird Obamacare Ad
U.N. Has Gathered
Testimony Indicating That Syrian Rebels Have Used Sarin Gas, Says Investigator
Excerpt: U.N. human rights investigators have gathered
testimony from casualties of Syria's
civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve
agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday. (Quick, draw another
red line! ~bob.)
Meanwhile in London where they have no
guns.
Excerpt: Kid who purchased Grand Theft Auto 5 is beaten with
a brick and stabbed for his phone and copy of the game.
Michigan Bills Seek To Make Welfare Recipients
(Gasp!) Work For Their Benefits, Pass Drug Test.
Excerpt: I see endless people in my state (a lot also come
from Puerto Rico because Mass hands out generous benefits like its candy, you
don’t even need a social security number) go on the dole with no intention of
ever working again, they get cash (EBT), food stamps, free housing (section 8),
free utilities, free health care (MassHealth) and free phones (Obamaphones).
VIDEO: National Parks
Service Produces Videos Praising Islam's Contributions to...Women's Rights?
Excerpt: You know, like burqas, male “chaperones,” honor
killings, no property rights, no inheritance rights, just to name a few of
Islam’s “contributions” to women’s rights. (Leaving no stone un-thrown. ~Bob.)
Report:
American-supplied arms fell into al Qaeda's hands
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/09/report_american-supplied_arms.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/09/report_american-supplied_arms.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
Who could have predicted that? I mean, besides me? ~Bob
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